Letters: CEOs should pay for their employee food stamps, Medicaid

I found the "Food Stamp Fraud: Big problem or exaggeration?"(Aug. 29) article interesting in that it based so much importance on the increased number of participants since 2008. Well, what happened in '08? The bigger fraud has been what has happened on the opposite end of the spectrum.

I found the "Food Stamp Fraud: Big problem or exaggeration?"(Aug. 29) article interesting in that it based so much importance on the increased number of participants since 2008. Well, what happened in '08? The bigger fraud has been what has happened on the opposite end of the spectrum.

This year, McDonald's awarded its new CEO a $13.8 million salary, triple what the previous CEO made. They did this while releasing a "training video" instructing employees on how to budget. The budget included a second job and excluded the costs of utilities. Wal-Mart leads the nation with employees on food stamps and Medicaid. Meanwhile, their CEO saw his salary increase 14.1 percent in just one year. Why don't we focus our attention on this fraud?

These corporations shirk the responsibility of paying their employees living wages and place this burden on us. Why should we the taxpayers pay to subsidize these powerful corporations while those at the top see millions in salary? Where are the trickle-down jobs and increased pay and benefits? I have an idea, let's cut this fraud and have these CEOs pay for their employee food stamps and Medicaid.

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I think we all do. However, do you not understand
that while these corporations are giving gigantic increases to their CEOs that
you are then
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9:51 a.m. Aug. 31, 2013

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Maudine

SLC, UT

@ trekker: Many of those who work minimum wage jobs have a college education.
The problem us that "job creators" are not creating jobs. Additionally,
many high paying jobs require no college - education is not the answer - decent
wages
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